About

The Daily Free Press (ISSN 1094-7337), the independent student newspaper at Boston University, is published digitally Monday through Friday and printed on Thursdays monthly during the academic year except during vacation and exam periods, as well as when there aren’t ads to help cover the cost of printing. The paper is published by Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc., a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation operated by Boston University students. The paper was founded May 5, 1970 by BU students.

The Daily Free Press in print is distributed free at about 50 sites on Boston University’s Charles River Campus. Those interested can also sign up for  our email newsletter, which  is sent each morning with the day’s top headlines.

The Daily Free Press Online (ISSN 1094-5962) has been publishing on the same days as the print edition since January 1996 at http://www.dailyfreepress.com.

Please email [email protected] for more information.


Print Readership Information

Circulation for publishing days of The Daily Free Press in print is 3,000 issues on Fridays monthly we have advertising.

Online Readership Information

  • Approximately 140,000 page views a month
  • Approximately 42,000  unique views a month

Editorial Board –  Spring 2023

Lydia Evans – Editor-in-Chief
Casey Choung – Managing Co-Editor
Brendan Nordstrom – Managing Co-Editor

Sangmin Song – Campus Co-Editor
Jennifer Small – Campus Co-Editor
Rachel Do – Campus Associate Editor
Sophia Herbert – Campus Associate Editor
Sydney Topf – Campus Associate Editor

Emilia Wisniewski – City Co-Editor
Adithya Iyer – City Associate Editor
Macie Parker – City Associate Editor
Lyndsay Shachnow – City Associate Editor

Stella Tannenbaum – Features Co-Editor
Emily Wyrwa – Features Co-Editor
Community Associate Editor – Eden Mor
Arts Associate Editor – Daisy Levine
Business Associate Editor – Mia Knezvic
Science Associate Editor – Mara Mellits

Brett Abrams – Sports Co-Editor
Monet Ota – Sports Co-Editor
Austin Chen – Associate Sports Editor
Bobby Serafin – Associate Sports Editor

Analise Bruno – Opinion Co-Editor
Caroline McCord – Opinion Co-Editor

Kendall O’Brien – Lifestyle Editor
Kit Iyer – Lifestyle Associate Editor

Samantha Betsko – Photo Associate Editor
Hui-En Lin – Photo Co-Editor
Andrew Burke-Stevenson – Photo Co-Editor
Yitong Li – Photo Associate Editor
Molly Potter – Photo Associate Editor

Payton Renegar – Podcast Editor
Taylor Hawthorne – Podcast Associate Editor
Nellie Maloney – Podcast Associate Editor
Chloe Patel – Layout & Graphics Editor


Business Staff

For all business inquiries contact the Board of Directors of Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc.  ([email protected])